aces! af RIae cones Be OASDoe ene atte Lan en - ots é = details about the Yabershaw contract for the evaluation of Likiap. I explain, = to him the position that. existed when I left the U.S., indicating that no solid commitment has been made by the Congress via legislation for funding to care for the Bikinians but that the BUL medical teem would coutinue to take cere of them on a hummitartan basis as tong as we could afford it. information L had given Osear de }ivum I again repeated the on the Tabershuy proposal. Later on that sano day, LT met with pera Rikton, the Director of the Majuro Hospital. indicated that he would toen us the Trust Territory personnel] whom we had requested du our preplanning Jetrer, with the exception of Kalam Gideon. place would be taken by Manera Kabua, Machheltl dstaads, Areata Kohan. Monirn, He the younger brother of the President of the Vo stated that i.e., “he draws too much" and that problem but he recowmended that Katman Gideon's there was a slight projlea cith he was sorry to burden ae vith his lo vatel Muaara very carefully during lhe survey. Toassured htm that any drinl ing that was done eboard ship would be done din cout tued spaces and that no Marshallese would ever be aware that any member of the seient: crew had been drinking. Of interest, white having breakfast the first morning in Majure, ve were approached by Morley Safer and members of the 60 Minutes CBS crew (Enclosure 8). in our role Th = They expressed an interest Majuro. We gave them a brief survey of the 25 year history of the BRI, medical surveillance program and tater on in the day Mr. Safer, along with his entire crev, appeared in our decrepit exaaining trailer at the back of the hospital and asked to fism a short interview. Siuce JTowas faced with the option of refusing the juterview and having CBS stand in front of the Majuro Hospital aud say. that BNL had refused to allow their examinattoa to be filmed, or of granting the interview, L chose the latter. consisted of a short The interview film strip of myself cxanining, a patient under a rather primitive field condition. Dr. Donald Paglia vas standing behind the cameraman